- Patrick Paysant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
| Here is the line that starts smptpd in /etc/rc.d/init.d/qmail, start
| section :
| ------------------------------------
| daemon /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -R -x/etc/tcprules.smtp.cdb -u5100
| -g5151 0 smtp /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd &
| ------------------------------------
|
| Must qmail-smtpd appear in ps result ? "ps auxfw" just says :
No, but tcpserver should, and it does. Only when an incoming
connection arrives on port 25, does tcpserver start a qmail-smtpd.
Try running telnet localhost 25. If you don't get a response, then
there is a problem.
| And here is my /etc/tcprules.smtp
| -------------------------------------
| 128.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
| 127.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
| -------------------------------------
|
| An extract of /var/mail/log :
| -------------------------------------
| Feb 25 09:29:14 orion qmail: 919931354.453414 status: local 1/10 remote
| 0/20
| Feb 25 09:29:14 orion qmail: 919931354.905163 delivery 15: deferral:
| Unable_to_o
| pen_./qmail/inbox:_file_does_not_exist._(#4.2.1)/
That user needs a ~/qmail/ directory for mbox delivery to
./qmail/inbox to work.
| Feb 25 09:29:14 orion qmail: 919931354.905424 status: local 0/10 remote
| 0/20
| Feb 25 09:29:42 orion qmail: 919931382.902639 warning: trouble opening
| remote/2/
| 32800; will try again later
| Feb 25 09:29:42 orion qmail: 919931382.902863 warning: trouble opening
| remote/1/
| 32799; will try again later
| --------------------------------------
| There is a warning every two minutes !!
So your queue was messed up somehow. This never happens in regular
qmail operation, so it must be a case of finger trouble or manually
poking at the queue. Get Russell Nelons qmail-qsanity script (found
at <URL:http://www.qmail.org/>) and run it to fix the problem.
Complain to Russell if the script does not work. 8-)
| It's the first time I (try to) install a mail server, and I'm a bit
| lost with all these files...
It's not trivial, no. Some people find Dan's qmail pictures helpful.
Others find the `big qmail pictures' helpful (also available via the
qmail Web page mentioned above).
| My goal is to have a mail server for a local network with lot of win9x
| and a not-permanent
| connection to Internet (ppp to ISP).
Then you are going to need serialmail as well. Yes, even more stuff
to understand and install - you can find serialmail at Dan's FTP site
(where qmail comes from).
| We now have FTGate under NT, I say to my boss that Linux is cheaper,
| more stable, well, just better than NT...
Of course, we can all agree to that. But a Linux solution is not free
either: You have to invest the time needed to understand the systems
you are using. If your time is valuable, the initial cost may well be
higher than for the NT solution, but Linux will pay off in the long
run. (This is an indisputable religious fact.)
| I'm sure that I can replace the FTGate by qmail. :-)
And good luck with this project! I'm sure you can too.
- Harald
